Presenting the winners of the 2012 THE WORLD’S RAREST BIRDS INTERNATIONAL PHOTO COMPETITION

Princeton WildGuides is pleased to join Birdlife International and Lynx Edicions in announcing the winners of the 2012 THE WORLD’S RAREST BIRDS INTERNATIONAL PHOTO COMPETITION.

The competition aimed to secure images of some of the most threatened birds on Earth to complete a new book that highlights their plight. The World’s Rarest Birds, which is published today by Princeton WILDGuides, aims to support BirdLife International’s Preventing Extinctions Programme.

This is the second of two international photo competitions that have been run to obtain the images for the book, the first being in 2010. Thousands of images were entered into the competitions by photographers from across the world and over 800 photos are featured in The World’s Rarest Birds.

In 2012, THE WORLD’S RAREST BIRDS INTERNATIONAL PHOTO COMPETITION had two categories: Critically Endangered birds and Endangered birds. You can view all the winning entries in each category, as well as numerous commended photographs below:

1st Prize CR Category, White-bellied Cinclodes by Dubi Shapiro

2nd Prize CR Category, Black-bellied Puffleg by Murray Cooper

3rd Prize CR Category, Madagascar Pochard by Dubi Shapiro

4th Prize CR Category, Sociable Lapwing by Maxim Koshkin

Commended CR Category, Silvery Woodpigeon by James Eaton

Commended CR Category, Yellow-crested Cockatoo by Chris Newbold

1st Prize EN Category, Marquesan Imperial-pigeon by Tim Laman

2nd Prize EN Category, Swift Parrot by David Stowe

3rd Prize EN Category, Masked Finfoot by Myron Tay

4th Prize EN Category, El Oro Parakeet by Greg & Yvonne Dean

Commended EN Category, Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer by Ciro Albano

Commended EN Category, Long-whiskered Owlet by Dubi Shapiro

Commended EN Category, Lulu's Tody-tyrant by Pete Morris

Commended EN Category, Narcondam Hornbill by Niranjan Sant

Commended EN Category, Sakalava Rail by Mikael Bauer

Commended EN Category, White-tipped Monarch by Denzil Morgan

All photos must be properly credited to the photographer indicated above.

CATEGORY 1: Critically Endangered Birds (there are 197 species that are so threatened that they are considered to be at imminent risk of becoming extinct)

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